The ASW Process has been eliminated by legislative action (Session Law 2017-57. Section 7.23E.(a)) beginning with the 2017-18 school year.

The ASW Wikispace (including all materials and information contained within) exists for professional learning and public record-keeping purposes.

2016- 2017 Archived ASW Listserv Communications

These are the messages shared on the ASW Listserv during 2016 - 2017. They are posted in reverse chronological order, so the most recent is first.

ASW Elimination for 2017-2018 (sent on 7/11/17)

Greetings, ASW Stakeholders,

I’m writing to inform you that the Analysis of Student Work Process to assess growth for Advanced Placement, Arts Education, Healthful Living, International Baccalaureate, and World Language courses has been eliminated by legislative action (Session Law 2017-57. Section 7.23E.(a)) beginning with the 2017-18 school year.

This notification will likely come as bittersweet news to many of you. While much of your feedback indicates that the ASW process allowed many teachers to dig more deeply into their standards, engage in more reflective teaching practices, and receive the same “validation” as tested subject areas, I recognize that participating in the ASW process also pushed the boundaries of some individuals’ technological comfort zones and was a time-intensive endeavor.

Due to budget cuts to the Department of Public Instruction, the paid component of the 2016-17 review process ended on June 23. A small cadre of reviewers are reviewing the remaining Evidence Collections for CEU credit. We will review as many 2016-17 Evidence Collections as possible this summer. If we are not able to review collections at the same level as previous years, the final decision as to whether we release the 2016-17 results will be made by DPI leadership.

At this time, there are no plans to replace the ASW process. Teachers who formerly participated in the ASW process or locally developed plans will not have a growth measure moving forward. Teachers who participated in the ASW process will not receive school-level growth.

Thank you for your dedication in learning and implementing the ASW process over the past 4 years. The ASW process was one of continuous improvement, driven by your feedback and rigorous expectations for yourselves and your peers. To support you in continuing professional learning, many of the current ASW resources will remain available to you or be adapted and posted either on the ASW wikispace or specific content area wikispaces. ASW training materials are, at their core, about excellent instructional practices in our performance-based classrooms and we want to ensure your access to these helpful materials in the future.

Best wishes,
Jen DeNeal

2/7/17 TNL Access Restored

Greetings, ASW Stakeholders,

The TNL/NCEES system is currently being restored for all districts. Teachers should now be able to access their ASW plans to continue working on Semester 1 Student Selection and Evidence Upload.

The new deadline to complete Semester 1 Student Selection and Evidence Upload is Monday, February 13. The extended deadline provides an additional weekend and one additional workday to complete the Student Selection and Evidence Upload steps, which have been available since January 18.

The Semester 2 Class Validation, Class Selection, and Objective Selection steps will be available beginning Tuesday, February 14. Teachers on semesterly plans should complete those Semester 2 steps no later than February 28.

2/6/17 TNL Temporarily Down

I have just received word that the Truenorthlogic System will be temporarily down due to problems with incorrect user data (wrong locations, incorrect administrator permissions) in the system.

These issues primarily impact the Educator Evaluation component of the system (not ASW), but the entire system will be temporarily down in order to facilitate the fastest possible fix. I will let you know as soon as the system is back online and will adjust the ASW deadlines as needed on the 16-17 Timeline Page of the ASW Wikispace.

Best, Jen DeNeal

1.23.17 ASW Updates

Greetings!Please see below for important reminders regarding the state ASW process.

Semester 1 Student Selection and Evidence UploadThank you to all the teachers who have logged in since January 18 to complete their Semester 1 Student Selection and Evidence Upload steps. The deadline to complete both steps is February 10.

Only teachers on semester plans will be able to upload work from their semester 1 classes. If you are on a yearly plan, you will upload all of your work in May. Specific dates for the rest of the year are available on the 16-17 Timeline page of the ASW Wiki. An updated screencast for the Semester 1 Student Selection Step is available on the Screencasts page of the ASW Wiki.

Don't be Disqualified - Double Check Your Objectives!Now is a great time to pull out those Strands and Standards Guidance Charts (located on the Teacher Resources page of the ASW Wiki) and make sure you’ve chosen your objectives according to the guidance. District Administrators – remember that you have the ability to run ASW 2016-2017 clarifying objectives chosen Quick Report and review the objectives selected by all the teachers in your district.

Please note – failure to follow the Strands and Standards Guidance will result in an overall Evidence Collection rating of Disqualified.

This webinar will guide teachers and administrators through the student selection and evidence upload processes for teachers on semester ASW plans and review the procedures for semester 2 class validation and objective selection.

1.13.17 ASW Updates

Greetings!

I hope you all stayed warm and safe during the recent winter weather. Please see below for important reminders regarding the state ASW process.

Semester 1 Student Selection and Evidence Upload The Student Selection and Evidence Upload window for Semester 1 will begin on January 17 and end on February 10. Only teachers on semester plans will be able to upload work from their semester 1 classes. If you are on a yearly plan, you will upload all of your work in May. Specific dates for the rest of the year are available on the 16-17 Timeline page of the ASW Wiki.

Non-ASW Opportunity: Student Surveys Free Student Surveys are available to all grade 3-12 North Carolina teachers. Surveys will be administered in March and April of 2017. Visit our Wiki or email educatoreffectiveness@dpi.nc.gov for more information.

Best, Jen DeNeal

1.3.17 ASW Information

Happy New Year! I hope your 2017 is off to a fantastic beginning! Please see below for a few reminders about the ASW process. Please feel free to forward this email to any interested parties.

Semester 1 Student Selection and Evidence UploadThe Student Selection and Evidence Upload window for Semester 1 will begin on January 17 and end on February 10. Only teachers on semester planswill be able to upload work from their semester 1 classes. If you are on a yearly plan, you will upload all of your work in May. Specific dates for the rest of the year are available on the 16-17 Timeline page of the ASW Wiki.

Upcoming Technical WebinarASW Middle of Year Process – January 24, 2017 – 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. This webinar will guide teachers and administrators through the student selection and evidence upload processes for teachers on semester ASW plans and review the procedures for semester 2 class validation and objective selection. Registration link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3336878528061176836

Missing important emails?If one of your colleagues isn’t receiving ASW or content area listserv emails, encourage them to sign up here. A link to the listserv signup is also available on the 16-17 Timeline page.

Best, Jen DeNeal

ASW Updates - 10.14.16

Greetings and Happy Friday!

Below are a number of important updates regarding the ASW Process.

2015-2016 ASW Results will be released to teachers overnight tonight. For step-by-step instructions on how to access the 15-16 results, please see the PDF Help Guides posted on the ASW Wikispace Screencasts

NCDPI is planning a 15-16 Results Webinar to provide an overview of the 15-16 ASW trends and lessons learned on Tuesday, October 18 from 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. All are invited to attend.

The 16-17 ASW process is well underway, with nearly 2,000 teachers validating their schedules and choosing their objectives! Remember that the deadline to complete all steps up to the Principal Approval of Objectives is October 31, 2016. You can see all of the 16-17 deadlines in detail on the ASW Timeline

Make sure you review the Strands and Standards Guidance Charts when choosing your objectives. Check them out on the Teacher Resources page!

If you have questions about the 15-16 results or any other part of the ASW Process, please review the newly updated ASW Wiki FAQ

Have a great weekend!

Best, Jen DeNeal

9.19.16 ASW Practice Schedule Validation

Good morning! As you know, the window for the practice schedule validation begins today.

Overnight last night, TNL worked to upload all of your schedule information into the NCEES platform. As of this morning, the schedules are still updating. If you log in and see a long string of numbers after your class name instead of a course code, section number, term, and school code, simply log out and try again later today.

Here are a few important reminders about the practice schedule validation:

The data for the practice validation was pulled on September 8. Any changes made to your schedule in PowerSchool between September 8 and today will not show up in your Validate Class Schedule step. As long as your schedule information is currently correct in PowerSchool, it will be correct when we pull the data for the final schedule validation. The deadline to make schedule changes in PowerSchool for the final schedule validation is 5:00 p.m. on Friday, September 30.

Double check to ensure you are on the correct plan type. All teachers will default to a Yearly plan, but your principal or TNL District Administrator can switch you to a Semesterly plan by following the directions listed on the ASW FAQ page (http://ncasw.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/FAQ) or by watching the screencast titled “Change an ASW Plan Type” posted on the Screencasts page of the ASW Wikispace (http://ncasw.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/Screencasts). Any changes made to plans during the practice validation will be reflected during the final validation in October.

Make sure courses with the same state course code have different section numbers so you can tell them apart from one another in the online platform.

I have updated and posted new screencasts with instructions for completing each step of the ASW process on the Screencasts Page of the ASW Wikispace (http://ncasw.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/Screencasts). If you need a refresher or reminder about how to complete the practice schedule validation, please refer to the updated screencast titled “Validate Class Schedule.”

I hope your school year is getting off to an excellent start! Below are several updates and reminders concerning the 2016-2017 ASW Process:

1. Teachers participating in the State ASW Process will begin the Practice Schedule Validation on Monday, September 19

The purpose of the practice schedule validation is to ensure that teacher schedule information is correct in the ASW platform.

If teachers find incorrect scheduling information, they will need to inform their school or district PowerSchool person to correct the schedule information in PowerSchool

Teachers should only complete the first step – they should not attempt to continue forward in the process.

Please note that schedule data for the practice validation was pulled from PowerSchool on September 8. Any changes made to schedules after September 8 will not appear in the practice validation.

The final deadline to make schedule changes in PowerSchool is 5:00 p.m. on September 30.

2. Teachers participating in the State ASW Process will begin the Practice Schedule Validation on Monday, September 19
If you are unsure whether or not your district is participating in the State ASW Process, please see the list of districts participating in local plans by clicking here.

3. Training materials, including the Online Modules have been updated for 2016-2017. Especially note the *new* Rated Samples located in the Module 5 Google Drive folder. All the updated training materials are available on the Professional Development page of the ASW Wiki (http://ncasw.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/ProfessionalDevelopment).

5. If you have questions about the ASW Process, check out the ASW Wiki FAQ at http://ncasw.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/FAQ. If you don't find the answer to your question, please contact aswprocess@dpi.nc.gov.